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Education

• PhD in Physics and Bioscience Engineering, University of São Paulo and Ghent University, 2021–2026. Thesis: The rich landscape of iterated simplicity: cellular automata and network automata. Supervisors Jan M. Baetens and Odemir M. Bruno.
• MSc Physics, University of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam and Nikhef, 2016–2018. Gravitation and astroparticle physics; thesis on gravitational-wave echoes.
• MA Philosophy, KU Leuven, 2014–2015, cum laude. Exchange semester at King’s College London.
• BSc Physics and BA Philosophy, KU Leuven, 2011–2016.

Employment

• Ghent University, assistant, faculty of Bioscience Engineering, 2021–2026.
• Ghent University, researcher on spatiotemporal modelling of viral epidemics, 2020–2021. Part of the RESTORE consortium advising the Belgian government on COVID-19 strategy.
• University of Amsterdam and VU Amsterdam, junior teacher in experimental physics, 2019–2020.

Teaching

Differential equations, analysis, calculus and Python programming for bioscience engineering students at Ghent University (2021–2026); physics practicals and signal processing at UvA and VU (2019–2020). Tutored five MSc theses.

Community

• Board member, Effective Altruism Ghent (2025–).
• Ambassador, Effectief Geven (2025–).
• Co-organiser and proceedings co-editor, ACRI and AUTOMATA 2026, Ghent.
• Founder and manager, BHL440 co-housing (2021–).

Skills

• Languages: Dutch (native), English (fluent), French (good), German and Portuguese (basic).
• Programming: Python (pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow), MATLAB, Mathematica, some C and C++, Bash, Processing.
• Tools: Claude Code daily, HPC and Linux workstations, VS Code, Notion.

Outreach

Fifteen popular-science articles in Dutch for Quantum Universe (2017–2020), lectures on gravitational waves, a Science Cafe talk on Game of Life still lifes (2026).